Love them, hate them but the Oscars have a way of sneaking up on you.
With the American men experiencing their longest US Open title drought in the Open era, Venus Williams led the American charge into round two on Monday with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovakia.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa went down to World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE Chess World Cup final, in Baku, on Thursday.
Images from the men's singles semi-finals at the US Open semi-finals, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
A summary of sports events and persons in the news on Saturday.
Djokovic backs schedule change at expanded Australian Open
Sarah Sjoestroem cruised to her fifth consecutive World Aquatics Championships title in the women's 50 metres butterfly event on Saturday.
Images from Day 4 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Liverpool snatched three points with a wild 1-0 victory over relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
IMAGES from Day 10 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York.
Eubanks is into his first Grand Slam quarter-final after beating fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday
Keys will next face 10th seed Sloane Stephens, nine months after her compatriot beat her in the US Open final
Images from Day 7 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Saturday.
Naomi Osaka said she had spent a lot of time during the coronavirus shutdown thinking about how she wanted to approach her tennis.
A summary of Friday night's action in the season-opening leg of the Diamond League in Doha on Friday.
Coco Gauff battled past Elina Svitolina in the Auckland Classic final on Sunday to retain her title.
WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao delivered a dominant performance to earn a unanimous decision victory over Adrien Broner on Saturday in Las Vegas.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Jabeur upset with fans reselling tickets due to women's match in night session
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic continues his hunt for a fifth straight Wimbledon title and eighth overall to equal Roger Federer's record haul when the Serbian meets Jannik Sinner.
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon shattered the women's mile World record, while compatriot Ferdinand Omanyala won the men's 100 metres in a photo finish at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Home crowd magic takes Keys to US Open semis showdown with Sabalenka
Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic won World Championship gold in the women's 400m on Wednesday.
Five years after USA Cricket shared its plans to launch a domestic T20 tournament, the inaugural edition of the MLC kicked off having assembled an impressive array of investors.
Sift Kaur Samra gave ample proof of her immense potential, earning India its sixth Paris Olympic quota place.
Peruvian Kimberly Garcia Leon won the first gold medal of the World Championships on Friday in the 20 kilometres race walk in a time of 1:26:58 seconds, with Poland's Katarzyna Zdzieblo claiming silver and China's Qieyang Shijie taking bronze.
Argentina have called up Mallorca's Spanish defender Pablo Maffeo for the first time ahead of this month's World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil in the squad announced by its FA on Friday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
American Ashton Eaton won his second straight Olympic decathlon gold medal on Thursday, extending his reign in a sport whose champion earns the title of the world's greatest athlete.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Coco Gauff was left star-struck by Justin Bieber in the crowd during her US Open match with Elise Mertens.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa advanced to the Chess World Cup final after outclassing Fabiano Caruana in the semi-finals in Baku.
Serena did not rule out taking a page from seven-time Super Bowl winner Brady's playbook.
Olympic champion Mutaz Barshim of Qatar cleared 2.35 metres to win the men's high jump to earn a bit of redemption after his disappointing bronze in Budapest.
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